Boraginaceae
Trichodesma physaloides
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Trichodesma
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Synonyms
- Boraginella physalodes Kuntze
- Boraginella physaloides (Fenzl) Kuntze
- Borraginoides physaloides (Fenzl) Hiern
- Friedrichsthalia physaloides Fenzl
- Trichodesma droogmansianum De Wild. & T.Durand
- Trichodesma glabrescens Gürke
- Trichodesma ringoetii De Wild.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.